Judiciary

President Bola Tinubu A meeting between President Bola Tinubu and members of the Lagos State House of Assembly is currently underway at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. Speaker Mudashiru Obasa arrived at about 2:50 pm, while his colleagues had earlier arrived in two coaster buses for the closed-door meeting. Sources say ...

A 21-year-old notorious bandit leader, Salisu Mohammed, popularly known as Dogo Saleh, met his end at the hands of his gang members after being arrested by the operatives of FCT Police Command. Dogo Saleh identified as a hitman for criminal gangs operating in Rijana Forest, Kaduna State, had been responsible ...

Impeachment threat: Fubara vows to fight on as PDP warns Wike’s men   The Peoples Democratic Party and the Rivers State Government on Monday kicked against the call by a faction of the All Progressives Congress for the resignation or impeachment of Governor Siminalayi Fubara. The development comes as Fubara ...

BREAKING: Lagos Tribunal dismisses PDP, LP’s petition against APC, Sanwo-Olu The Lagos Governorship Election Petitions Tribunal, on Monday, dismissed the petitions brought by Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour and the Labour Party, and Olajide Adediran, also known as Jandor of the People’s Democratic Party, challenging the victory of Babajide Sanwo-Olu in the March ...

…Business mogul seeks N4b in damages An Abuja High Court, presided over by Justice Suleiman Belgore, has granted orders of injunction restraining the Edo State Government and its officers from making further defamatory publications about business mogul, Captain Idahosa Wells Okunbo (popularly known as Capt. Hosa). The defendants to the ...

The Police Special Fraud unit (PSFU), has dragged Guaranty Trust Bank (GTB) Plc and two others before a Federal High Court,  Lagos, over alleged $667, 000 USD, fraudulently lodged with the bank. Others joined with GTB Plc in a suit marked FHC/L/CS/586/2020, are: Albert Austine Ugochukwu and a limited liability ...

A N20m fundamental human rights suit has been filed against Inspector General of Police, Mohammed Adamu and six others over allegations of unlawful detention, torture and inhuman treatment of a Lagos-based businessman, Akinfolabi Akindele, The case was filed before a Lagos High Court sitting in Igbosere, has as co- respondents, ...

The National Industrial Court of Nigeria (NICN) has been asked to commence committal proceedings against the Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Unity Bank Plc, Mrs. Oluwatomi Somefun, and commit her to prison for allegedly flouting orders made by the court. The request formed the relief in a motion filed ...

A group, Peace and Anti-Corruption Advocacy (PACA) has urged the Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON) and its legal representative, Joe Dappa Esq., to exercise restraint and allow the judicial process take its course without taking laws into their hands in a matter over land. The group asked AMCON to ...

One of the financial institutions in the country today, Keystone Bank has one of their top managers enmeshed in financial mess as the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Lagos office, has arrested their AGM, Rowly Isioro and his wife Ovuomarhoni Naomi Isioro, a businesswoman, for their alleged involvement in ...